Indians push legal battle over water rights and policy
Indian tribes press lawsuits to pressure state and federal action on water rights, while city officials and mining interests shift toward a legislative fix. Interior officials struggle to draft a bill to regulate tribal claims, and a Kennedy bill could enable eminent domain to acquire water rights starting with Wellton-Mohawk.
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Washington
Edward Kennedy
Dmass
Andrus
Wellton-Mohawk
Yuma
Strickland
DeConcini in trouble over compromise water bill
WASHINGTON Senator DeConcini faces a tough spot as a Carter admin bill aims to resolve Indian water rights. Arizona Republicans Goldwater and Fannin have opposed claims, while Indian lawyers push conservation and reuse to tap existing sources. Papago attorney Strickland warns Wellton Mohawk overuse and urges water rights backed by historic Supreme Court precedents to defend tribal allocations and halt encroachment on reservation waters.
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Ted Kennedy
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Paul Fannin
Dennis DeConcini
Tucson
Fannin
Colorado River
Salton Sea
William Strickland
Strickland
U.S. Supreme Court
California
Water dispute arbiters urged task force for Arizona claims
The state water engineer urged Interior Secretary Cecil D. Andrus to form a task force with federal state local and Indian representatives to settle disputed Arizona water rights. Indian tribe attorneys oppose outsiders, while Gov Castro and the Arizona Water Commission back a legislative route to resolve major claims.
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Phoenix
Interior
Cecil D. Andrus
Arizona
Wes Steiner
Steiner
Federal Register
Federal Water Resources Council
Carter
Ran
Castro
Arizona Water Commission
Z. Simpson Cox
Gila River
Richard B. Wilks
Salt River
Burton G. Hirsch
Penang Juvenile Given Death Sentence for Firearm Possession
A 14-year-old Malaysian Chinese boy was sentenced to death by the Penang High Court for illegal possession of a pistol and ammunition under the Internal Security Act. The act makes the death penalty mandatory, with about 40 others also sentenced. none yet executed, many appealing. The courtroom proceeded without visible emotion from the boy or his parents as Justice Fred Arutain-doman announced the verdict.
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Penang
Malaysia
Fred Arutaindom
Tucson man drowns in pool at Coronado Apartments
A 46 year old Tucson man, Joseph Huntley, epileptic, drowned Saturday in the deep end of a pool at Coronado Apartments on West Solero Drive. Gerald Nabours of Flagstaff pulled him from the water after about 10 minutes and performed resuscitation efforts, but Huntley was pronounced dead by Rural Fire Department paramedics. Investigators could not confirm if a seizure occurred.
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Joseph Huntley
Coronado Apartments
W. Solero Drive
Gerald Nabours
Huntley
Metropolitan Rural Fire Department
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